A search continues Wednesday on Lake Monroe for a boater who has been missing since Monday morning.

A search continues Wednesday on Lake Monroe for a boater who has been missing since Monday morning.

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Updated: 10:31 AM EDT May 13, 2015

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WEBVTT FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE IN OOLT ALTAMONTE SPRINGS. RIKKI KLAUS. WESH 2 NEWS. RIGHT NOW OFFICERS IN LAKE MONROE IN SANFORD SEARCHING FOR A MISSING FISH ARE MAN. CLIFFORD GROOMS NEVER RETURNED HOME FROM A DAY OF RICH OOG. JAZMIN IS THERE LIVE. JAZMIN, HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING THERE YET THIS MORNING? WELL, MICHELLE, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY DIVERS YET BUT WE DOES SPEAK TO AN FWC SPOKESPERSON WHO TELLS US TO TWO OFFICERS HERE ON SCENE AND MORE ON THE WAY. RIGHT NOW HE IS UNSURE IF DIVERS WERE IN THE WATER. THEY WERE EXPECTED HERE AT WAY SIDE PARK AT SUNRISE. SO FAR WE'VE JUST SEEN A COUPLE OF BOATERS GETTING INTO THE WATER. TODAY'S SEARCH IS FOR 65-YEAR-OLD MISSING BOATER CLIFFORD GROOMS WHO FAMILY MEMBERS SAY HE HAS BEEN MISSION SINCE MISSING SINCE MONDAY MORNING. THAT'S WHEN HE WENT FISHING AND NEVER CAME BACK. HE WAS, HIS CAR WAS FOUND HERE IN THE PARKING LOT. AND HE SAY RETIRED TRUCK DRIVER AND FATHER OF THREE. HE WAS FISHING LAKE MONROE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND NEVER ACTUALLY RERND SWIM TO SWIM. WE ASKED IF HE WOULD BEWARE AGE LIFE JACKET. THEY SAY HE HAD A LIFE JACKET ON THE BOAT. NOT SURE IF HE WOULD BEWARING IT AT THE TIME. TWO OFFICERS EXPECTED HERE WE'RE EXPECTED DIVE TEAMS TO PASH 'TIS

Search continues for missing boater

A search continues Wednesday on Lake Monroe for a boater who has been missing since Monday morning.